Vladimir Vazov

Vladimir Vazov (14 May 1868-20 May 1945) was a Lieutenant-General of the Tsardom of Bulgaria who fought in the Balkan Wars and World War I.

Biography
An artillery officer who spent a few years training in his craft in the German Empire, Vazov served in the First Balkan War and the Second Balkan War as a Lieutenant-Colonel in the artillery. At the start of Bulgaria's involvement in World War I in 1915, he fought Serbia in Macedonia, and was promoted to Major-General after a victory over the Allies at the Second Battle of Doiran. Vazov ended the war with another victory at Doiran, the Third Battle of Doiran, in which he inflicted up to 11,000 losses on the United Kingdom's army. After the war, Vazov served Mayor of Sofia and made a visit to England in 1936, where he met his old enemy George Milne, who respected him. He died in 1945 in Ribaritsa.